Homeostasis
Scientific Method
Experimental Design
Vocabulary
Msc.
100

What is homeostasis?

An organisms' tendency to keep their internal conditions the same. Ex. blood pressure, body temperature, etc.

100

What is a hypothesis?

An educated guess. It is written as an "If...then...because..." statement.

100

What are standards/constants?

The part of the experiment kept the same throughout.

100

Define biology

The study of life/living things

100

Do any living things not do homeostasis?

No (one of the characteristics of life).

200

What is an example of homeostasis?

Many possible answers.

Ex. Body temperature, blood pressure, calcium, blood sugar, fluid, salts...

200

What is the last step of the scientific method?

Conclusions

200

What is the independent variable?

Light or no light

200

What is the word:

Anything that is or was alive.

Organism

200

Is it alive?

Yes

300

Positive or negative feedback?

Your body is warm, so you sweat to cool off.

Negative feedback

300

What is the step where you write your educated guess?

Hypothesis

300

What is the dependent variable?

Plant growth

300

What is the word?:

A prediction about what will happen in an experiment.

Hypothesis

300

What three things need to be on a graph?

1) Label the axes

2) Label your scales (numbers)

3) Title the graph

400

Positive or negative?

Your body senses plateletts trying to clot at a paper cut. It sends more of them.


Positive feedback

400

What do you need to do before you conduct your experiment?

Make your procedure

400

What is the experimental group?

Group 2

400

Define stimulus

Anything that causes a change or reaction

400

Is it an organism?

Popcorn

Yes, used to be alive

500

Is it positive or negative feedback?:

You get sweaty from exercising for a long time, and become very thirsty.

Negative feedback

500

What step do you need to do directly before making a hypothesis?

Observations/Research

500

What is the control group?

Group 1

500

What is a metabolism?

The chemical reactions in your body, convert food into energy

500

List the characteristics of life

CGGRRMM or GMRCGMR


Cells, grow/develop, have genes, reproduce, respond to stimuli, have a metabolism, maintain homeostasis.